Comments on: what if you found $17,000…

By: is finding $17,000 and keeping it considered stealing? « randomguru’s hermitage

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:42:44 +0000

[...] 19, 2009 in Buddhism I had been debating this quandry in my mind lately… and I wrote about it over here already, but I wanted to write more about this issue here in relation to Buddhist [...]

By: tokyorose

tokyorose — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:32:20 +0000

genius! ^^ you’re right, that we be a solution i could live with…

By: randomguru

randomguru — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:58:01 +0000

well, i never thought about this before, but one solution would be to take care of your ailing spouse, and promise to pay the money back somehow….

By: tokyorose

tokyorose — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:24:56 +0000

if i found the money but didn’t need it, i’d return it. but, supposing the sick husband scenario, i’d probably be inclined to believe the money was meant for me. clearly, ‘destiny’ in this case would be nothing more than a way of rationalizing my decision. slightly disappointed in my initial reaction, actually…*- -*

By: randomguru

randomguru — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:20:36 +0000

i’m not sure how that works, pat.

so you can return cash to the authorities, and if now one claims it for x amount of days, you can keep it?

i’d been doing a search on that but haven’t found anything.

in the past, i’ve found $1, $5, $10…. even $27 once. and i ended up keeping it because i think anyone would just say it was theres.

but with $17,000. hmm… different story, no?

By: pat

pat — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:41:06 +0000

I think I’d return the cash, and hope no one claims it! ;-)